Episode #1.2

Episode aired Apr 24, 2006
TV-MA
1h 46m

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7.9/10

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Biography Drama History Romance

Now well into middle age, there is no longer any concern about Queen Elizabeth producing an heir and the focus now shifts to deciding who will ascend to the throne when she dies. The Queen h... Read allNow well into middle age, there is no longer any concern about Queen Elizabeth producing an heir and the focus now shifts to deciding who will ascend to the throne when she dies. The Queen has taken a keen interest in the young and handsome Earl of Essex and is a bit jealous when... Read allNow well into middle age, there is no longer any concern about Queen Elizabeth producing an heir and the focus now shifts to deciding who will ascend to the throne when she dies. The Queen has taken a keen interest in the young and handsome Earl of Essex and is a bit jealous when it becomes apparent that one of her ladies-in-waiting also has an interest in him. Essex ... Read all

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When the young Earl of Leicester has risen against Elizabeth, she states "love does alter when it alteration finds". This is a reference to a line from Shakespeare's sonnet no. 116: "love is not love which alters when it alteration finds". Shakespeare lived during the reign of Elizabeth I, and owed his success in part to her support of the arts in general.

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During the jousting scene, Elizabeth has shields display behind her with red next to black on them. Under the laws of heraldry, patches of red and black cannot touch other than at corners.

Quotes
Queen Elizabeth I: What I must not say is that I love you. The more I let you go the more I seem to have need of you. And it will not go away no matter how much I command it. Do you think the Queen is mistress of her feelings? Oh no, she's a fool for love. A hopeless fool.